LINDEN, NJ — A packed gymnasium of elementary school children erupted with excitement as Principal William Mastriano was preparing to be taped to a wall. “I think it will be funny, just seeing him miserable taped to the wall,” said Joyce Fitz, a nine-year-old student at School No. 6. Mastriano’s fun-spirited torment was for a […]

LINDEN, NJ — The big box retail store Sam’s Club on East Linden Avenue abruptly closed Jan. 4, displacing about 200 employees and spurring responses from multiple officials in Union County. “It is with great saddest (sic) that we are losing one of our box clubs in the area as well as the displacement of […]

LINDEN, NJ — The Linden City Council in December approved a $950,000 bond ordinance to make capital improvements to the city’s train station, but without a signed agreement from NJ Transit to pay the city back for the work. The city’s decision to finance improvements to the station has been discussed for months, pending NJ Transit’s […]

LINDEN, NJ — Former Linden Police Chief Jonathan Parham hoped his one-year tenure as the city’s first African-American commanding officer would set an example for other minorities who work hard toward their own goals. “I don’t think even I can fully understand the impact that it has, not just on African Americans, but on anyone who […]

LINDEN, NJ — Unionized employees at the AristaCare at Delaire nursing home in Linden presented a stocking filled with coal as a symbolic gesture in their labor dispute with the new owners of the facility. “Here, this is for you,” said one member of the Service Employees International Union Local 1199 United Healthcare Workers East on […]

LINDEN, NJ — Joining the Linden Police Department was just one way for Ariel Franjul to give back to the United States after immigrating here from the Dominican Republic in 1997 at about 10 years old. Franjul, who was sworn in as an officer on Dec. 11, moved to Linden after being honorably discharged in the […]

LINDEN, NJ — Linden officials are preparing for New Jersey’s possible legalization of recreational marijuana, establishing a committee to examine the potential impact of the move and whether the municipality should permit the sale of the drug within city limits. Gov.-elect Phil Murphy has made the legalization for those 21 and older a “2018 priority.” A […]

LINDEN, NJ — NJ Transit has met with Linden officials to discuss fixes to the city’s train station after a councilman last month raised concerns about who should pay for the restorations. Councilman Peter Brown showed LocalSource a number of issues at the station in October, including a stairway to the platform that was barricaded due […]

LINDEN, NJ — A Linden police officer who helped capture bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahimi last year and is now reportedly facing a DWI charge has retired from the force, officials said. The retirement of Angel Padilla, who worked on the force for 17 years was announced Nov. 1 on the Linden Police Department’s Facebook page […]

LINDEN, NJ — The Linden Train Station, along NJ Transit’s Northeast Corridor line, has fallen into disrepair, one city councilman says, but there is pushback from NJ Transit as to who should pay for necessary fixes. Linden 3rd Ward Councilman Peter Brown wants NJ Transit to pay for what he says are major repairs. But officials […]